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Maysville Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Maysville, Kentucky · Tue, May 12
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2197
Feeder Cattle receipts
399 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 387▲ 399 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 22▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 1▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers under 600 lbs. 2.00 to 4.00 Lower, over 600 lbs. steady, heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady with instances of 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls no test from last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $120.61/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$120.61
191 head · 760 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$18.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.50
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2763120.87922186
Medium and Large 2-3600117.007023thin
Small and Medium 1-2692102.007062thin
One grade step is worth $18.87/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale191 hd
120.61
—
KY average26 barns · 5,011 hd
130.12
−9.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,742100.751,7558thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48459.998909thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18857.0367714
CowsLean 85-90%Low89041.643713thin

Every lot

72 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Maysville, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280157.50/cwt157.50–157.504411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345146.04/cwt140.00–149.005043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369147.86/cwt147.00–150.005464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410144.85/cwt144.00–147.505944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476140.44/cwt132.50–143.006684
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full511123.00/cwt123.00–123.006293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526140.53/cwt137.00–143.0073914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564138.94/cwt134.00–142.0078417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616132.17/cwt126.00–133.508147
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675113.00/cwt113.00–113.007631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678124.54/cwt121.00–125.758448
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2692102.00/cwt102.00–102.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712122.78/cwt122.50–123.008747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770112.00/cwt112.00–112.008621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added834117.85/cwt117.85–117.8598358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850110.00/cwt110.00–110.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920105.00/cwt105.00–105.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added971104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,01053
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280152.50/cwt152.50–152.504271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313134.80/cwt130.00–140.004222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy329147.73/cwt145.00–150.004864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362134.77/cwt130.00–137.504885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370145.00/cwt145.00–145.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy402140.00/cwt140.00–140.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425135.12/cwt128.00–136.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440115.22/cwt113.00–117.505072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3468115.51/cwt115.00–116.005412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474127.48/cwt123.00–132.006048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526122.81/cwt113.00–126.0064617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571117.61/cwt112.00–119.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625105.19/cwt105.00–106.006575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626114.37/cwt108.00–120.5071613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy63592.00/cwt92.00–92.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675106.30/cwt105.00–109.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702115.85/cwt115.85–115.8581371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726107.33/cwt107.00–108.007793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-380583.00/cwt83.00–83.006681
Heifers—Large 1-283079.00/cwt79.00–79.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284199.20/cwt98.00–100.008345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-296596.00/cwt96.00–96.009262
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2377134.96/cwt132.50–140.005093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2402145.00/cwt145.00–145.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445127.50/cwt127.50–127.505671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481135.99/cwt130.00–137.506545
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485113.57/cwt107.00–120.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528125.07/cwt117.00–128.006605
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557121.19/cwt116.00–129.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630123.00/cwt123.00–123.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658117.98/cwt114.00–122.007762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2737104.81/cwt104.00–109.007726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2785100.00/cwt100.00–100.007852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,00088.00/cwt88.00–88.008801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,668100.75/cwt96.00–106.001,6816
Bulls——1,77090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5931
Bulls——2,160111.50/cwt111.50–111.502,4081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87835.46/cwt34.00–37.003112
Cows—Lean 85-90%91554.00/cwt54.00–54.004941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13056.94/cwt55.00–59.506438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21850.86/cwt46.00–53.506193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31263.43/cwt61.50–65.508323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43057.95/cwt57.00–59.008292
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49960.57/cwt60.00–63.509087
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,3131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,315850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,1781
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39501,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.009,5951
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,000975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,037.08/cwt850.00–1,100.0011,6674

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.